CITY OF
COUNTY OF HARNEY
The Big eat City In The
County In The State Of Oregon
The Biggest County In The State
Of Oregon, Bct In The West
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VOL. XXV1I1
BURNS, HARNEY COUNTY, OREGON, MARCH 27, 1915
NO. 20
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M'CONNELL ADVISES
THE STATE NOT TO QUIT
Special Investigator Declares Litigation
in School and Swamp Land Case
Against Pacific Live Stock Com
pany Can be Won. The Attorney
General Will Investigate Further
A late Satan dispatch to the
Journal says: C. B. McConnell
has addressed to the state land
board an extended statement in
which he urges the board to con
tinue the prosecution of the suit
against the Pacific Livestock
company to recover school lands
secured by fraud. McConnell
has been gathering evidence for
sonable prospects of winning this
suit, according to Attorney Gen
eral Brown. The state land board
decided to abide by the attorney
general's recommendations and
he has begun his investigations.
The suit alleges that the lands
were obtained through "dummy"
entrymen. Investigation will
have to be made as to whether
these entrymen are available as
witnesses, and, if so. what their
testimony will be. A number of
them are dead, the whereabouts
of some is unknown and some
are scattered throughout the
country.
REVISED GAME CODE
IN BRIEF FOR SPORTS
Enactments of Last Session of Legisla
ture Effecting Open and Closed
Seasons Given for Benefit of Local
Sportsmen. Kansas Judge Decides
The Federal Law Unconstitutional
board was written in connection
with the proposed dismissal of
the suit ngninst the company to
recover the lands. It had been
intimated that he had a seltHi
interest in bringing the suit and
that the state would be the
"goat."
McConnell snys that if the suit
is won and the lands are recov-
LATEST DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE NOTES
the state and last year was ap- ered by the state it will mean the
pointed special counsel to assist vast development there. While
the attorney general in the case, he is interested in plans to irri-
He points out in his letter to the gate the project, he thinks that
board that he stands ready to is commendable, and points to
prove that 95 percentof the peo- the fact that in other sections of
pie of Harney county are desir- the state they have been calling
ous that the case be continued for state aid. Instead of the
and tried in the courts. state being the goat" it will be
McConnell charges in his letter made richer by the increase in
that the Pacific Live Stock coin the value of the lands outside the
pany has blocked efforts to secure tract involved in the suit as well
irrigation on Silvies river and as by the recovery of the tracts
that the only way it will be secur- secured through "dummy" fil
ed is by organization of irriga- trymen.
tion districts under the complete McConnell declared today that
control of the owners of land, there could be no question but
He has inaugurated proceedings that evidence could be adduced
to adjudicate the water rights in court to win the suit, and that
and contends that at least 150,- he baa gathered great Quantity
000 acres can be properly water- of it. He shows ai one of the
ed from the Silvies river and evidences of fraud the feel that
about 50,000 acresof swamp land 161 sections of swamp land were
be reclaimed by controlling the secured by i'.l applicants within
waters. The superintendent of four months, although not one of
the Pacific Live Stock company, the applicants had ever been on
asserts McConnell, says no recla- the ldnd, and within one year the
mation project can be put in un- title to all the tracts was convey-
til the company is ready for it ed to Henry Miller, president of
and at the company owns water the Pacific Live Stock company.
The deeds from the stale t'
the individual applicants were
withheld from record from 1X.X9
tO lS'.LS.
E. P. IfcCornack of Salem, a
heavy land owner of Klamath
county, was state land agent at
the time the applications were
made and a letter written to him
by counsel for the Pacific Live
Stock company is one of the ex
hibits that would be used in the
trial of the case.
A further dispatch says that
several weeks of investigation
will be required to determine
whether or not the state h,is rea
(I'rimi Our Portlniul Coinviiiiimlriit)
Unless there is a rearrange
ment of present plans, the Celilo
Canal will be opened for the pas
sage ot boats for five days in
April, probably between the 10th
and 15th, and it is expected that
a numberof steamers now on the
upper river will be brought to
Portland for overhauling and two
or more lioats will carry freight
from Portland to Pasco, Kenne
wick and other points. Con
struction work on the canal is
practically finished, but little re
maining to be done except to
clean out an accumulation of and
to build a few bridges for thafhacoma nttta of
accommodation of owners of fish
wheels and two for the passage
of teams. The canal is beinir
finished several weeks earli
er than was expected, and it will
probably be opened permanently
for navigation on May 1st.
Owners of high grade livestock
in this state will have a number
of opportunities next Fall to show
Although the federal migratory "Yanks" in Wallowa lake All
bird law was declared unconstK "-year, except September 15 to
tutional by a judge in the United October 10; bag limit, 60 pounds
States district court in Kansas in one day.
the other day, local sports should Miscellaneous provisions of the
not be too hasty in taking this amended game laws provide that
decision as final. The United Civil war veterans may obtain
States district attorney in charge licenses for hunting free from
of this particular case announced county clerks only. Proof of ser
it would be appealed to the Unit- vice must be furnished with the
od States supreme court. Until application,
this last court passes upon it the No fishing license is required
fellow who doesn't obey the law angling in salt water when non
as it now stands is liable to get game fish are sought.
into trouble. No license is required for wo-
Scvcral changes in (he stale ' ,m'n " hunt or angle within the
game laws will go into effect on borders of the state.
May 22, when the enactments of ' ! unlawful to kill mountain
the last session of the legislature sheep, antelope, elk, beaver, fc-
tho statutes of male deer, spotted fawn, silver
Education by Parker.
Literature, En g I i s h -Two-thirds
from English Literature
by William J, lyong, and one
third from the English classics
listed below.
Physics A First Course in
Physics by Millikan and Gala
Chemistry Mcpherson and
Henderson. (For gradual s (f
non-standard colleges or univer
sities only. )
American Classics; Thoreau.
Walden. Longmans, 25 cts.;
Macmillan, 25 cts. (No. 8669,
State List II,)
I-owell. Selected essays, in
cluding estimates of Ijwel's lit
erary work and biographical facts
Houghton, 60 cts. (Riverside
literature series.)
English Classics: Carlyle. On
heroes, hero-worship and the
heroic in history. Ixingmans 25
cts. (No. 2511), State List II.)
Palgrave. The Golden treas
ury (at least the selections from
the poets included in Lowell's
"Literary essay," given above
under American classics.) Ing
mans, 30 cts. ; Macmillan, 25 cts.
(No. 2839. State List II.)
CONPARATIVE YIELDS
OF OATS AT STATION
Supt. Breithaupt Shows the Yields of
Different Varieties With Comment
Pertinent to Subject. Results Are
Favorable to Selected Seed. Date
of Seeding Considered Important
BY L. R. BREITHAUPT, SUI'i.
3-24-15.
The following table of yields,
dently some fault with the results
becau II Ii hardly likely that
the intermediate seeding should
from fifteen oats varieties plant- '"""'' T ,han oither extreme.
Oregon. These changes effect Pheasants, golden pheasants,
nearly all the provisions of the Keeves' pheasants, English par
former code, making the old law t ridge. Hungarian partridge,
more drastic in some cases, and Franklin grouse or fool hen, bob
in other cases giving the sporty- white quail, swan, wood duck,
men more leeway. w'hi turkey, eastern sandpiper,
Open season for different kinds " sandpiper, solitary sand-
of game under the new provisions D,Pep' mi-palmated plover,
are as follows In the district com- snow-v llver. and all other birds
Potato Seed Treatment a
Cheap Crop Insurance
prising all counties east of the
olf their prize animals, four very Cascade mountains, all dates giv-
on both ends of the proposed
district, it has it bottled up. By
holding off the flood waters in
the early spring and distributing
them during the growing season,
a great area can be served, it is
contended. The company accord
ing to McConnell, has persistent
ly fought the proposition to ad
judicate water rights.
McConnell points out that if
the suit against the company la
won and title is again secured by
the state and the reclamation
plans go through, the school fund
will be increased at least 660)000.
McConnell's statement to the
en being inclusive
Puck deer with horns
IS to October 31.
August
important events being already
on the list. Early in November
will be held the Western Nation
al Dairy Show at Seattle, to be siver Rray 8l,uirri.H St.uaon
closely followed by the Cascade dosed B Hood Kiver and Wasco
1IIU.TIIHUUI1HI ."MOCK JMIOW ai',.nt ,.1 ,v ,.r,l..l- f th.
FRIEND OF THE PRODUCER
Burns Meat Market
and
Packing Plant
BACON, HAMS and LARD
Fresh Meats, Poultry
Home Products for Home Consumers
SPCIAL INDUCEMENTS OFFERED
TO SHEEP MEN AND BIG ORDERS
i
North Yakima. The first week
in December the Northwest Live
stock Show will be held at Iwis
ton, Idaho, while the Fifth An
nual Pacific International Live
stock Exposition will be held at
Portland, December C to 11.
Breeders' associations in the east
and Middle West are taking
great interest in these events
and are making unusually liberal
appropriations to help out on the
premium list.
state
commit-
of any kind, except those on
which there is an open season.
The following are not protected
at any time: Duck hawk. shari
shinned hawk, prairie falcon,
goshawk, English sparrow, great
horned owl, northern shrike, cor
morants, American marganscr,
crows and ravens, magpies and
blue jays.
Sources of Examination
Questions For Teachers
Following are given the sources
of questions for the teachers' ex-
snipe, woodcock and greater and amination which will be held in
lesser yellow b gs-October 1 to Hums on June 30, July 1. 2 and
j December lo. ( Federal law. ) ,', l)ir:
Chinese pheasants-Open sea- Arithmetic One-sixth from
json in Union county, October 1 the course of study and five-
orcier
board of fish and game
sioners.
Ducks and geese OcIoImi
January In. (Federal law.)
Kails and coots October 1
January 15. (Federal law.)
Shore birds, black-breasted and
golden plover, Wilson or jack-
1 to
to
"In taking up the matter of
seed treatment for disease con
trol, several questions present
themselves for consideration,"
accord in ir to F D Unil.v n.
search assistant in Plant Patho- UHtless
Un Ori'i.m A.,ri,.oH.,r,.i ,.,., NShadeland. Climax
--ri 'w ninuniMII jJl
Do You Shampoo Your Own
Hair?
Then use Violet Dulce Sham
poo and Head Wash Crystals
Not an ordinary soap Shampoo but a thoroughly
Sclentltfc and Antlceptlc Tonic and denser.....
Violet Dulce Shampoo Crystal doe not
effect color of hair or make It Dry,
Hanh, or Brittle. Sold only at
The Rexall Drug Store
25c. PER CAN
REED BROS. Props.
The Burns Hospital
MRS. ETTA CUMMINS, Prop.
Beat Surgical Room and Equipment
In the State Outalde of Portland.
Nice Rooms, Good Care and Com
fort for Patients-Reasonable Terms
Graduated Nurse in Charge
In order to induce a great nurn- to October 10. Closed at all times sixths from Waton and White,
her of tourists to visit Oregon , in other counties. Civil Government Reinch and
this year, automobile clubs and i Grouse August 15 to October current events,
the various business organ taa-ISL Geography One-sixth from
lions throughout the Northwest' Prairie chickens Open season the course of study and five
are planning to send invitations in Sherman. Union and Wasco sixths from Tarr and McMurry.
to similar associations through-! counties, October 1 to October 15. Grammar One-sixth from the
OUt the east and Middle West to Closed at all times in other CO un course of study and five-sixths
include Portland, the' Columbia ties. from Kimball's Elementary Eng-
Highway and the Pacific High-1 Sage hens July 15 to August liah, Book II.
way territory in their itineraries. 31. History One-sixth from the
The Portland Automobile Club is ' Quail- Open season in Klamath course of study and five-sixths
preparing a new tourist book, for county, October 1 to October 10. from Mace and current events,
general distribution, which will Closed at all times in other conn- Orthography One-sixth from
contain a vast amount of descrip- ties, 'the course of study and five-
tive matter and will be illustrat- Doves September 1 to Octc-1 sixths from Hicks' Champion
ed with cuts of some of the most her HI. Spelling Hook.
attractive scenery within reach I he amount of game allowed to Physiology
Of the motorist. be taken in any one day, or in the course of
any week or season, is changed
from former provisions, and the
new bag limits are:
Puck dier with horns Three
during any season.
Silver gray squirrels Five in
any seven consecutive days.
Duck, geese, rails, coots and
shore birds 'M In any seven coi -
"Farm Lands in Oregon", is
the title of a booklet just issued
by the Karm Land Bureau of the
Oregon Development league. It
contains a list of several hundred
farms and small pieces of land
for sale, with prices and terms.
It is designed to bring together
owners of land mid prospective H(,cu,jve javs
ouyers w.inou. me intervention Chinese pheasants,
oi middlemen or agents, copies llhl,nnN ,, ... ,,; i
'one day, including one female
Chinese pheasant, and ten in any
j seven consecutive days, including
two female Chines.' pheasants.
One-sixth from
study and five-
sixths from Conn and Pudding
ton. Reading One-half from the
course of study and one-half oral
reading.
School liiiw Oregon School
lege. "This being the time when
many growers are especially in
terested the following recommen
dations are submitted in answer
to queries that are constantly re
curring: "Disease that can be controlled
entirely or largely by proper
treating and inspection of seed
at cutting are, common scab,
rhizoctonia, blackleg and the two
fungus wilts. This of course
with the understanding that the
soil to be used has not produced
crops with any of tBCfJ diseases
in recent years and has had no
other chance to become diseased.
"Tubers that are bruised.
cracked or discolored, or show a
brown ring when the stem end
is cut across should be sorted out
and discarded from the seed. In
case scab is the principal trouble
for which seed is to be treated.
it will be quite satisfactory to
use the formaldehyde treatment;
"One pint formalin in 30 gal
lons water, soaking seed with
sacks or Crates for two hours,
and then drying seed thoroughly.
This should preferably be done
immediately before planting;
however, if it is desirable to
start sprouts before planting it
will be necessary to give the
treatment somewhat earlier.
Care should be taken not to rein
fect the tubers by placing them
back in the same storage place
unless it, too, is disinfected. In
any case, at the present state of
experimental evidences it is ad
visable to treat before cutting.
"A substance that is more sat
isfactory than formalin in that it
is effective against rhizoctonia as
well as scab is mercuric chloride
(corrosive sublimate). This poi
sonous substance may be secured
in the fosm of white crystals
from the large drug companies,
Great Dane
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cu un me iwenuem acre plots on
the Experiment Station In 1914
while not indicative of record
breaking yields, will doubtless
furnish some information of in
terest to dry farmers of this and
other Cential Oregon ceunties:
Actual Compt'd
Variety Yield Yield
Sixty Day 62-11-19-2 19.02 19.62
Kherson 16.87 I7.C7
Sixty Day 165 16.69 17.88
Silvermine 14.06 13. 13
Big Four 13.75 12.61
Black American 12.31 11.86
Sweedish Select No. 1 12.81 11.73
Local No. 1 11.79 11.:;
SweeeishSelectNo.2 13.44 11.00
11.25 10.81
9.37 10.23
12.19 10.0s
Early Mountain 11.25 9.68
Siberian 8.75 8.7U
White Russian 10.00 8,46
Sixty Day 62-11-19-2 is a selec
tion from Sixty Day 165 develop
ed from a single head and has
been the highest yielder on the
Station for the two year average
of 1918-14 as well as the earliest
of all. Kherson is identical with
the Sixty Day. The results are
decidedly in favor of the Sixty
day type and show that even this
can be improved by selection.
The Silvermine and Black Amer
ican were among the three high
est yielders in 1913 with which
theseresults check very closely.
Kate and date of seeding tests
were made with the Sixty Day
variety with the results u tabu
lated belew:
Actual Compt'd
Yield Yield
20. G:' 28.14
17.19 19.02
19.00 25.58
The mo t striking thing about
the result! la the little difference
in yield between the heavy and
lili lit
Kale Sown
April 28
May 10
Here the
Actual Compt'd
Yield Yield
16.56 20.28
17.19 19.02
advantage seems to
be slightly in favor of the earlier
seeding and it is probable that
April 20 to 'S is about the right
time foi 1 1 ding so early a varie
ty I the Sixty Day. Later ma
tmii! - varieties might be seeded
i arlier but it is not
ed to early that
the plants will have formed culms
before the latter part of June as
fro l will do much more dam
are when the grain is in the boot
Or heading than if it is still stool
ing. any people object to
Sixty Day eats because of the
grain being small and "shoe
in this connection it
might be well to remember that
oats are sold by the pound and
the J i( Id per acre are measured
by pounds (32 pounds makes one
bushel) and it is the oat that
yields the greatest number of
pounds pet acre that will feed
the mo : horses and put the most
dollar in the farmers pocket, not
the one which happens to weigh
three or four more pounds per
measured bushel, perhaps, be
cause it has a thicker more indi
gestible husk on it.
Rate per Acre
0 pecks
4 pecks
2 pecks
Dr. Ceo. G. Carl is prepared
for special attention to all dis-
a . i ar and nose. Eyes
I and glasses fitted. 60tf.
Discounting for extra seed used
this is in favor of the two peck
seeding. However there is evi-
le nt 100 acres of land
adjoining fine range, plenty of
water, good house and a garden
plot thai can be irrigated from
springs. Inquire at this office.
Breakfast 5:30 to 9
Dinner 11:30 to 2
NOW OPEN FOR BUSINESS
Mac's Restaurant & Bakery
Located in the new Levens Building
BURNS, OREGON
W. R. McCuistion, Prop.
Supper 5 to 8
Short orders at all hours
will be mailed
ed.
to those interest-
Law. (The next edition of the the smaller stores generally car
School Uws will bo published rying it only in tablet form.
anout May lb. leachera may This should be used in 1 to 1000
.study either the 1913 or 1915 edi- dilution or 4 mmrm in :m .!!..
native tion.) Lf ,, .,. ihn ,,
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iheoryand Practice A Brief jUsed, If the tablets are used
Courts in the teaching Process the directions should be followed.
u,lr,ayi'r' an. ., , . In mukinK thi8 U for UC the
Writing I he l'almer Method amount m ha .w,.,i .k.iw k-
Sumpter Valley Railway Co.
Arrival and Departure 01 Trains
Departs
No. 2, Prairie
Sumpter
Arrives Baker
10:1SA.M.
2:35 P. M.
4:00 P. M.
Prairie chickens and sage hens
Five in one day and ten in any
Beven consecutive days.
Quail -Ten in any seven con
secutive days.
of Business Writing.
Algebra - New High School Al
gebra by Wells und Hart.
Composition- English Compo
sition, Books I and II. by Brooks.
Literature, American - Two-
Departs
No. 1, Baker 8:30 A.M.
Sumpter 10:05 A. M.
Arrives Prairie 2:10 P. M.
No. 1 Makes good connection lishing are as follows in both east
with O.-W. R. & N. Co. No. 4 ern and western Oregen:
( Fast Mail) leaving Portland 6:30 ! Trout over six inches Anril 1
P. M., arriving at Baker 7:G5 A. to October 111, bag limit, 75 tish
M. and No. 17 from east, arriv- or 50 pounds in any one day.
ing Baker 0:50 A. M. Trout over ten inches All the
No 2 connects with No. 5 (Fast year; bag limit, 50 fish or 50
Mail) arriving at Baker 7:55 P. pounds in one day.
M. which picks up Pullman at Bass, crappics, Williamson's
Baker, arriving at Portland 7:00, whitefish, catfish and graylings
A. M. Also with No. 18 at -All year; hag limit, 40 pounds
10:45 P. M. for points B-ast. in one day.
Doves Ten iii one day or 20 in thirds from American Literature.
any seven consecutive days. by Abernathy, and one-third
Geese killed In Wasco. Sher- from the American classics listed
man, Gilliam, Harney, Crook, below.
Morrow and Umatilla counties j psychology- An introduction
may be sold after having metal j to Psychology by Read,
tags attached. Bookkeeping - Lyons Bo o k -
i.rmnges in me laws regarding: keeping.
carefully weighed out and dissol
ed in a small quantity of hot
water. This must be done in a
clean wooden or porcelain con
tainer and after diluting it must
be handled in the same way,
since it reacts with metals. The
treatment from this point is the
same as with formaldhyde.except
that tubers should be soaked 1J
hours. It should also be borne
in mind that this substance is
poisonous so should be kept away
ti..-.
The Burns Flour Milling Co.
Manufacturers of homo products
HIGH GRADE FLOUR
"CREMO" THE FAMOl'S BREAKFAST FOOD
The Cream of the Wheat, Frosh and Palatable
Bran and Other Rolled Mill Feeds
You Patronize Home when ou deal here
vt .-
from smnll ehililron fw .i,,,l.
Botany Bractical Botany by, ..Either 8olution nmv ,. nst,(1
Bergen and Caldwell. i Heveral times (not to exceed four).
(leology- Le Conte. !The formaldehyde loses strongth
Ceometry.Plane -Wentworth's on. standing and the mercuric
Plane and Solid Geometry, 1111 L,h'orif! gradually deteriorates
,,,,... ici.ij', ''n when it becomes dirty. A gas
j. on ion. treatmeat with formalin may be
History, General History of used where large quantities of
the Ancient World by Botsford, ' potatoes are to be treated but re
am! Mediaeval and Modern His- iuiivs special precautions, details
tory, revised by Myers. tf w.h'ch w,l,11 bc fowjpW P-
in, i ,,. 7, ,. ties interested on app hcation to
I .story of Education - The the department of Plant Patho-
History of Modern Elementary ' logy at A. O. C. "
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